Improvement in mangles



VTo all whom it may concern:

lspending parts.

UNITED STATES PATENT'. OFFICE.

ERNST GUNnLAoH,oE HAcKENSAoK, NEw JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANGLES. A

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,671, dated November18, 1873; application filed g September `O, 1873.

Be it known that I, ERNST GUNDLACH, of Hackensack, in the county ofBergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Mangle,of which the following is a speciiication In the accompanying drawing,Figure l repv resents a side view of my improved mangle, and

Fig. 2 a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- The object of my inventionis to produce for family use a Simple, cheap, and at the same timepowerful and eifective mangle, by which the process of mangling may beeasily and rapidly attended to and the present cumbrous and complicatedmangles dispensed with.

'The invention will first be fully described and then pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawing, A represents the table, to which the mangle is eitherpermanently attached or rmly secured by suitable clampingscrews, whichare applied at the lower end of the side standards B. The standards Bare made, by preference, of cast iron, of suitable` strength to supportthe mangle-rollers G D. Standards B are curved forward, as indicated inFig. 1, and carry, on projecting lugs a in Sernicircular recesses b, theshaft oi' the clothes roller D, which is placed loosely thereon, whilethe shaft of the upper or pressure roller C turns in a frame, E, whichis pivoted to standards B. above roller D.` The upper roller Gis made oflarger diameter than the lower,.both being made of castiron or othersuitable material. An upward-extending lug, d, of each Standard B, isslightly inclined to the rear, and serves to support frame E on its pinsor stops e, when thrown up, for taking out the lower roller D andchanging thereon the clothes, linen, or other articles to be mangled.Frame E is also preferablymade of cast-iron, infork or U shape, with acentral lever, F, extending `toward the person mangling, which issupplied with a handle, F', for pressing the` roller C down, or with aweight suspendedat its end for producing the necessarypressure on thelower roller D. Frame E is applied to standards B eccentrically at somedistance to the rear of the shaft of roller C, so that the pressure ofroller C when brought downto act on roller D is -in .proportion as thedegree of eccentricity to the length of the lever and the weightapplied, which may be increased or decreased according to the powerdesired to be exerted. The crank Gr is applied, by pin and slot, or byany of the usual methods, to the shaft of roller D, to be easilyattached and detached for the purpose of putting on or taking oit' theroller D from the standards B, and adjusting the clothes thereon in theusual manner. By holding with one hand the lever of the pressure-roller,and turning the crank with the other as long as desired, the clothes arenicely and rapidly mangled. They are then taken oft' and replaced andrun through the roller again, and so on till they have allpassed throughthe mangle.

Having thus descrlbedmy, invention, I claim y as new and desire toSecure by Letters Patent- The improved mangle for` family and other use,consisting of pressure roller C with eccentric frame E and lever F, andclothes-roller D turned by crank G and placed on standards B, which areapplied to table A, substantially as and for the purpose described. E.GUNDLACH.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.'

